Kitchen Backsplash

By Nathalie Aguirre, Interior Designer, Builder Boy

A back splash makes a great first impression and can compliment kitchen cabinetry so much that it will make hungry guests and culinary chefs say wow! Knowing the types of patterns will help you effectively communicate your idea to your designer or kitchen remodel expert at your favorite home improvement store. So if you’re ready to explore the many styles that will help make your kitchen stand out from the rest, keep reading.

Exploring the Kitchen Backsplash

When its time to update a kitchen space, the backsplash is a great way to express your style and aesthetic. A unique and interesting backsplash reflects a homeowner’s individual style, which can be both an elaborate or simple design. A kitchen’s backsplash has the ability to create a style backdrop in the room. Many times acting as a focal point. The design also captures the variation between materials in the room creating a visual effect in the kitchen’s space. Exploring your options of materials and layouts for your backsplash will help to narrow down your decision. Make sure to choose what compliments your kitchen’s style.

These days, backsplash is available in endless options of materials including various sizes and colors. The first step is to select a material and style for your new updated look. For example a few common options would be ceramic, glass, and stone. Ceramic tile is the most popular option, providing flexibility in style, layout, and is budget friendly. The next step is to determine the sizing and layout, or pattern. When measuring, keep in mind that a typical kitchen backsplash measures 16-18 inches in height between the countertop and upper cabinet base. This phase is a great way to explore fun and playful patterns for visual achievement. Design a patterned layout that will emphasize the distinct nature of the theme.

Exploring Kitchen Back Splash Patterns: The Diagnol Layout

A spin on the typical straight layout pattern, placing the tiles in a diagonal layout captures a great visual effect. This layout tends to be more expensive and needs more material to be used due to extra labor and requires more cuts throughout installation.

Exploring Kitchen Back Splash Patterns: The Subway Layout

The traditional brick-like design is named after the famous subway train stations. Consisting of a rectangular shape and a staggered layout. The subway pattern is the most popular among tile installations which is always a classic selection.

Exploring Kitchen Back Splash Patterns: The Linear Mosaic Layout

Consisting of various multicolored pieces, this linear mosaic pattern adds a horizontal and continuous effect to a kitchens backsplash. The various shades of colors and textures create a pleasant backdrop. To make things easiest mosaic patterns are typical sold in ready to install mesh sheets.

Exploring Kitchen Back Splash Patterns: The Herringbone Layout

A wave-like visual effect. If you are looking to add texture to your kitchen walls the zigzag pattern makes for a playful patterned backsplash. This layout is slightly more labor intensive to install due to the angles that need to be followed but consists of the same amount of material that of a straight pattern.

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